Sara Morawetz - yet there is method -

yet there is method performance Sara Morawetz Accelerator Gallery 06-15 November 2014 image: Sara Morawetz

artist statement

yet there is method is part of an ongoing visual and philosophical investigation into the methodological processes that underpin scientific action. It is an exploration of the way in which the systems and structures of the scientific method have come to define scientific experience, and how these same systems operate within my artistic practice. Realised as part of a residency with Culture at Work, these works survey concepts of method in science through repetitive gestures -- representing a number of distinct conceptual inquiries into the experience of science, both as a way of thinking and as a mode of working. This exhibition is a documentation of both completed and experimental works, and incorporates a performative action that will continue for the duration of the show during the opening hours of the gallery.

image: Sara Morawetz

Julie Brooke - The Principal of Continuity

Liz Shreeve Cluster Growth at Accelerator Gallery Thursday to Sunday 11am to 5pm

                   

Christine Webb - Room with a View - March 2014 Call us for opening hours

ACCELERATOR GALLERY PROPOSALS 2014

Accelerator Gallery Proposals 2014  - closes 5pm Friday January 17  2014

For more information go to Culture at Work's website and the proposal PDF.

http://www.cultureatwork.com.au/

LISA SAMMUT of Magnitude at ACCELERATOR Gallery Opening Saturday 12 Nov - 21 Dec 2013

    Lisa Sammut is No. 9 of 10 artists in residence at Culture at Work® connecting art & science. 

of magnitude

This research project is directed towards the Cosmos, as a remarkably significant sight and site for visual and philosophical consideration. The aim of this residency is to accumulate and collect new research, both written and visual in the area of astronomy. Including details from numerous discussions with the Sydney Observatory, research trips, collected materials and experiences, I will respond directly to my findings through experimental video, sculpture and photography and present my research at the residency’s conclusion. Specifically, my work will explore the scientific process of accumulation and visualisation of distant celestial objects and consider the process of subjective and objective observation. It will also focus on ideas and definitions of the term Magnitude in astronomy, philosophy and history. Magnitude meaning; 1. the greatness of size and amount 2. a measure of brightness and illumination 3. of great importance or consequence. 

6.00pm 12 Dec PUBLIC TALK BY Lisa Sammut & 6.30pm by Christie McMonigal sydney observatory (B.Sc. (Adv.) Hons, B.A., Physics, Ancient Greek) on Light & Astronomy "about many of the effects of light that we see every day and how they relate to astronomy".

Exhibition Launch Thursday 12 December 6-8pm 2013

Exhibition dates: Thursday 12 Dec - Saturday 21 Dec 2013 Wed -Sat 1-5pm

Public talk followed by opening drinks: Thursday 12th Dec 2013 6-8pm

Family workshop: Saturday 14th December 2013 10am - 12pm   

To find more about Lisa's project go to the project blogsite

lisacawresidency.tumblr.com

  "This project is supported by Arts NSW's NSW Artists' Grant Scheme, a devolved funding program administered

    by the National Association of the Visual Arts“ on behalf of the NSW Government."                                                                              

Kath Fries Exhibition Sun-compass at Accelerator Gallery Opening Saturday 23 Nov - 05 Dec 2013

Sun-compass is an installation reflecting my research into bee navigation. Using beeswax, twigs and thread, this installation traces the path of a waggle dance - performed by worker bees to communicate the direction and distance of pollinating flowers in relation to the position of the sun. This tiny insect dance resonates with larger narratives about the complex relationships between bees and their understandings of and interconnections with the world outside their hive. From a human perspective Sun-compass considers how we are undermining our fragile relationships with bees, despite their integral connection to our very survival.
Over the past twelve months I’ve been using beeswax in my installations, exploring its physical materiality as a metaphor for impermanence and our fragile relationships with nature. Currently beeswax is inexpensive and relatively easy to obtain in Australia, but elsewhere in the world it is becoming rare and costly, indicative of the increasing annual losses of domesticated western honeybee hives Europe, America and China. This alarming epidemic is termed Colony Collapse Disorder.


Globally we rely on domesticated western honeybees to pollinate one third of all food crops, so the disappearances of these bees has dire implications on the international agricultural industry and our food supply. Scientists estimate that the domesticated western honeybee species will become extinct in most parts of the world within twenty years if CCD continues at this rate. CCD is caused by neonics pesticides sprayed on crops; the residual toxin in the plant pollen and nectar weakens the bee’s immune systems, eventually killing the bee. This is compounded by a combination of factors including mites, parasites, viruses, genetics, habitat loss, environmental change-related stress, malnutrition, and migratory beekeeping.

Exhibition launch Saturday 23 November 3-5pm 

Public Talk Thursday 28 November 6-8pm

Exhibition Opening Times: Wed to Saturday 12-5pm

Kath Fries has a Masters of Visual Arts from the University of Sydney and a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours from UNSW. She has been awarded a Japan Foundation New Artist Award 2010, ArtStart Grant 2011, NSW Artists Grant 2012 and the inaugural FCMG Grant 2013. Kath works with a site-responsive process using natural and found materials to explore impermanence, memory and the complexities of human relationships with nature. She has been an artist in residence at Hill End NSW; Bundanon Trust, Nowra NSW; Gosford Regional Gallery, NSW; Wonga Wetlands, Albury NSW; Primrose Park, Cremorne NSW; The Lock-Up Cultural Centre, Newcastle NSW and Laughing Waters, Eltham VIC. 

For more info about Kath Fries artwork see www.kathfries.blogspot.com and www.kathfries.com 

Kath Fries is 10/10 artist in residence at Culture at Work in 2013.

This project is supported by Culture at Work's Accelerator program: where art and science collide